The history of the Arthaśāstra: sovereignty and sacred law in ancient India
The Arthaśāstra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is traditionally believed that politics in ancient India was ruled by religion; that kings strove to fulfil their sacred duty; and that sovereignty wa...
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Zusammenfassung: | The Arthaśāstra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is traditionally believed that politics in ancient India was ruled by religion; that kings strove to fulfil their sacred duty; and that sovereignty was circumscribed by the sacred law of dharma. Mark McClish's systematic and thorough evaluation of the Arthaśāstra's early history shows that these ideas only came to prominence in the statecraft tradition late in the classical period. With a thorough chronological exploration, he demonstrates that the text originally espoused a political philosophy characterized by empiricism and pragmatism, ignoring the mandate of dharma altogether. The political theology of dharma was incorporated when the text was redacted in the late classical period, which obscured the existence of an independent political tradition in ancient India altogether and reinforced the erroneous notion that ancient India was ruled by religion, not politics |
Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019) |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781108641586 110864158X |
DOI: | 10.1017/9781108641586 |
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spelling | McClish, Mark Verfasser (DE-588)1028899874 aut The history of the Arthaśāstra sovereignty and sacred law in ancient India Mark McClish Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Ideas in context 120 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019) Arthaśāstra historiography -- The resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra -- Citation and attribution -- The deep structure of the text -- The history of the Arthaśāstra -- The politics of the Daṇḍanīti -- Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra -- Statecraft, law, and religion in ancient India The Arthaśāstra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is traditionally believed that politics in ancient India was ruled by religion; that kings strove to fulfil their sacred duty; and that sovereignty was circumscribed by the sacred law of dharma. Mark McClish's systematic and thorough evaluation of the Arthaśāstra's early history shows that these ideas only came to prominence in the statecraft tradition late in the classical period. With a thorough chronological exploration, he demonstrates that the text originally espoused a political philosophy characterized by empiricism and pragmatism, ignoring the mandate of dharma altogether. The political theology of dharma was incorporated when the text was redacted in the late classical period, which obscured the existence of an independent political tradition in ancient India altogether and reinforced the erroneous notion that ancient India was ruled by religion, not politics Kauṭalya / Arthaśāstra Kauṭalya / Arthaśāstra / Criticism, Textual Political science / India / History / Early works to 1800 State, The / Early works to 1800 India / Politics and government / To 997 Print version Druck-Ausgabe, hardback 9781108476904 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, paperback https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108641586 Verlag Volltext |
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